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California Commission to Consider Funding Harmful I-80 Expansion Project ORANGE, Calif., May 14, 2024 — The California Transportation Commission will vote Thursday on whether to fund the Yolo 80 Corridor Improvements Project. The project proposes to add one lane of traffic in each direction, expanding the highway from six to eight lanes as it travels from Davis to Sacramento through the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area....
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 11:29pm PDT
Bonk: University of California Office of the President Attacked 
With the Aurora Borealis above us and the martyrs in our hearts, we attacked the UC Office of the President in solidarity with the Palestinian Resistance. Using a fire extinguisher filled with red paint we covered the facade and smashed seven windows. Then, with access to the building, we released 500 cockroaches inside and emptied a second fire exintguisher onto the interior. We finalized the act by leaving a water jug inscribed with "Bonk" at the scene - an homage to the militants of Cal Po...
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 12:43am PDT
UC Regents Mobilization - Nakba Day 
Lakireddy Grand Ballroom, Conference Center, UC Merced (5200 N Lake Rd, Merced)...
Event Date: Wed, May 15, 2024 8:30am PDT
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 12:17pm PDT
Feather River Action! on Forest Fires and Clearcuts (audio/mpeg 61.8MB) It’s called Lost Sierra because it hasn’t been as heavily impacted by tourism or development as some other places in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range....
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2024 11:19pm PDT
UC Alumni Open Letter Sign On, No Donations Until Divestment 
As alumni of the University of California (UC), we demand that the UC Regents call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, fully divest from weapons manufacturers and other targets of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and immediately increase and formalize protections for current students, staff and faculty who are Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and those who are vocally condemning the genocide and calling for a ceasefire....
Posted: Sat, May 11, 2024 1:45am PDT
SDS Humboldt Statement on the End of the Occupation of Siemens Hall It may be the end of the occupation, but we’re only just getting started...
Posted: Sun, May 5, 2024 9:46am PDT
Day of Forest Action May 28th (audio/mpeg 9.4MB) 45 million acres to be cut for fire prevention
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Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 9:16pm PDT
Bay Area Autonomists Reflections on UCB, SFSU, and USF Camps a reflection and context for why the bay area's movement in solidarity with Palestine has been stifled...
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 12:30pm PDT
Community Groups Sue U.S. Forest Service over Unprecedented Plumas Forest Logging Plan 
The Massive $650 Million Logging Project Targets Mature and Old-Growth Forest, While the Forest Service Admits Prescribed Fire Alone is Effective and Far Cheaper
SACRAMENTO, CA— A coalition of community groups filed suit in federal court over the failure of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before unleashing industrial logging and herbicide application on 217,721 acres of the Plumas National Forest, including 133,321 acres of mature and old-g...
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2024 4:23pm PDT
ACLU Responds to California Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2024 — The California Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s minimum wage law does not apply to people working for private companies while they are held in pretrial detention in California’s jails. The lawsuit, Ruelas v. County of Alameda, was brought by people incarcerated at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County who worked without compensation for Aramark, a for-profit corporation that provides food in jails and prisons....
Posted: Tue, Apr 23, 2024 12:48pm PDT
175th Anniversary of Negro Bar, Mormon Island, Negro Hill - 1849 CA Gold Mining District 
Since the 22nd Annual, Folsom Juneteenth 2022, unanimous decision to rename the day use area Black Miners Bar at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, (known for decades as Negro Bar State Park) DPR collaborated with the California African American Museum (CAAM) in developing the African American History & Engagement project proposal which the legislature approved $15M in one-time general funds for in the 2022-2023 fiscal year budget for this five-year project - 2024 Black Miners Bar open fo...
Posted: Fri, Apr 5, 2024 10:01pm PDT
Lost Sierra Forest - Climate Action Camp 
Come out to the Lost Sierra Forest-Climate Action Camp from May 23-29 in the Plumas N.F.!...
Posted: Sat, Mar 23, 2024 10:58am PDT
Cops throughout California target Alameda County D.A., Pamela Price 
Cops Target Alameda County D.A., Pamela Price:...
Posted: Mon, Mar 11, 2024 11:44pm PDT
24th Annual, Folsom Juneteenth - Educational Symposium, Jazz Festival and much more 
24th Annual, Folsom Juneteenth Celebrations is a month-long effort to showcase our unique, authentic journey from "Slavery to Freedom along the American River Parkway and throughout the California Gold Country"...
Posted: Sat, Mar 9, 2024 3:54am PST
2024 California Women's Herstory Month - Queen Califia 
2024 California Women's Herstory Month, let us recall well the living history of Queen Califia, “Pan African Queen of California” while reconnecting past, present and future contributions to the forward flow of humanity by people of Pan African Ancestry, both enslaved and free, this special 175th Anniversary of the California Gold Mining District of 1849....
Posted: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 2:07pm PST
F@ck Your FEMA Camps - We wont go 
Stop the nationwide campaign to make it illegal to be homeless
No on Prop 1 - Stop SB1011 - Up hold Martin v Boise...
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2024 9:25am PST
Yosemite Aramark Contract Should Have Been Cancelled. 
NPS has said that 2 Consecutive Marginal Annual Overall Rating Reports in a row would trigger them to cancel a concessions contract. Aramark at Yosemite had Marginal Ratings in 2018 and 2019....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2024 7:53am PST
For sixth year in a row, no Delta Smelt found in CDFW Fall Midwater Trawl survey 
When no Delta Smelt are found in six years of a survey that has been conducted since 1967, the estuary is in a serious ecological crisis....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2024 10:51am PST
Big Oil and Big Gas spent a record $27 million lobbying in California in 2023! 
WSPA and the oil companies wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) sponsoring awards ceremonies and dinners, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions, mainly construction trades...
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2024 10:42am PST
Yosemite Another Crater Lake? Yosemite Workers Claim Mismanagement at Yosemite. 
With word spreading of Aramark’s gross mismanagement at Crater Lake, Yosemite workers have been increasingly speaking out about similar conditions they have faced since Aramark took over in Yosemite....
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2024 10:47am PST